Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-17
HAPPENINGS.
THE MINERS UNION PICNIC.

W~alkerville.
THE MINERS UNION PICNIC.
The Miners Union annual picnic will be
celebrated at. Columbia Gardens next Sun
day. The programme is very elaborate.
Three volumes OF Shakespeare's works will
be presented to the miner who has the best
essay on Miners Uuions. Among the mum
Der who will compete for the prize will be
tary Laity, OF Butte. VAUDEVILLE can
have another chance at a match game OF
base ball, as the Miners Union offers a
handsome prize to the best players. Miss
Lewis, the VAUDEVILLE candida. tie, bids fair
to be the successful party for popularity,
judging from the number of tickets sold.
The ladies of Walkerville and Centerville
are making great preparations for this, the
event of the season. The Alice and Emmett
Guard Bands will be present also a string
han ii If ia arrected that the prize offered
by a Walkerville couple.
THE RACES.
The races have been the excitement of
the week. Some Of our boys lost largely
while others were very fortunate. Hon.
John Cadigan attended the races every day
and came out ahead. It is a cold day
when John gets left. One of our promi-
Thursday but lost it all before he left the
track. Fisher claims to have won $25S
betting or Rolla. Ex-Sheriff Sullivan is
having & bilious attack consequently his
genial cOuntenance was missed at the
race track. The following ~effusion was
worked off by our poet laureate on the
subject OF the races, and from the pensive
tone it is inferred he got the wrong tip:
1.-THE horses are prancing.
The backe.s are glnncing.
A thejockeys all dressed in led, white and blue;
Oh, which il the winner
AS l am a sinner
I'd give all my Doodle if only knew"
GOING TO FLA1HEAD.
A party OF prominent citizens lea We to-
day on their annual hunting AMI fishing
tour. Among the number will be Mr..
Laity. head hookkeeper at Broughton's;
Charles Ellis, foreman at the Alice, and
George Curtis, engineer at the Alice. They
take a four-horse team and tent and go to
the Flathead country. Judging from the
supply OF bait they have laid in, carefully
preserved in demjjohns, their sport will be
OF the best. Their commissariat has been
selected under experienced supervision, and
ii they can strike IN Indian who is willing
to trade occasionally they will come
through all right in the way Of game.
GENERAL NOTES.
Saturday was pay day at the Alice
Judge Herbert made q business trip t.
Friday and returned yesterday
Rev. Mr.. Bennett is attending camp meet /
ing at Stuart, consequently there were no |
yesterday at the Methodist Epis- |
copal Church.-A principal has not vet |
been appointed to tie Walkerville schools. |
Mrs. d. 81. johnson has a large number
OF pupils In music who are progressing rap
idly. She is a graduate of the Conserva.
tory OF Music at Oberlil, Ohio.-Mrs. E. J,
Wright and Mrs. Fl. H. johnson are each
the recipients of a handsomely carved ia.
BILE of red wood OF unique design, from
their father, Mr.. j. 8. Wright, of San Diego
California. 1t is the work oil his
hands, and is highly priced by the la
lies, the old gentleman now being in his
twentieth year.-Mrs. Joseph Annear left
Sunday evening for Camas, Idaho.-There
. talk Of a base ball club being organized,
With Cadegan as captain, to play against a
suite club, with Pete Brennan. captain
Richard Williams, who was injured in the /
Alice mine some time since, has returned 1
rom Pipestone Springs. almost recovered.
Curtis d Scott are succeeding nicely at
heir new book store and fruit stand.-I.
ames Roach, OF Anaconda, spent Tuesday
md Wednesday in Walkerville-Miss Mag
lie Morris spent several days last week
nth her friend Miss HaIl-A great many
asses OF bilious attacks and slow fever are
eported. DR.. Gillespie is very busy.-Dr.
fillespie has in his office some very fine
andscape scenes, oil paintings, the work of
is brush several years a~go.--Joseph 4
'roughton left yesterday for Granite to :
q Co. to the Buskett Mercantile
Farley, OF West Walker
lille, is still very i'll of pneumonia -Chas. t
.oelsche, for the past year battery feeder
t the Alice, left yesterday for Portland, y
RECON, whence he goes to San Francisco.
j.. Jacobs, Esq, arrived from H.lena, A
aturday, looking hale and hearty. Mr..
acobs has been for some time past over
the basin country prospecting. He gives u
very favorable account Of the mining
'velopments of Jefferson County.St
+: Joe Sharpless is lying very i'll of measles
his residence.-The Ceur d'Alenes have 3
ain claimed Patsy Clark. He will return
1t week.-Mrs.. p. B. Dillon returned a.
om Dillon yesterday whore she has been
sitting her sisters.-A number of ladies
mt to Butte shopping Saturday after.
'on but returned without having made
y purchase. Everybody had gone to tho
ces.-Mrs. E. Niness left Tuesday for W,
onwood, Michigan, to JON her husband. 70
. wa accompanied to Helena by her -,
other anl nister, VIM. Niness and Mr., VI
, Of the hose in settling the dust is pro. Jr
under a penalty.-R. Muench is re. tic
wing q large stock Of goods..in the jewelry gu